Radio Free China
News from China & asia with a focus on human rights and religious liberty.
"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing."
- Edmund Burke
Tibetan Rights Activist Gyatso Dies at 71 (AP). AP - Yeshi Gyatso, who spent more than 20 years in prison in Tibet for seeking his homeland's independence from China, has died at his home two months after being released on medical parole, the Tibetan exile government said Friday. He was 71. [Yahoo! News - World]
11:20:37 AM
The story behind the Tiananmen Tank Man Photo. I've written about the "Tiananamen tank man" before, but I just came upon this article that details how the famous picture came to be taken. It's an amazing story in itself and one I had never heard before. I... [The Peking Duck]
11:19:35 AM
Report: China Train Station Blast Kills 1. A possible suicide bombing at a train station in central China killed one person early Friday and injured four others, the official news agency said, citing police. The blast occurred at 6:01 a.m. in the ticket sales hall of the railway station in the city of Zhengzhou, an industrial center, according to the Xinhua News Agency. [Associated Press headlines via GoUpstate.com]
11:09:36 AM